Paul, I would be most interested if you hear back from them. I am curious if even BackBlaze have considered your idea in the past.. maybe a wake up for them and others
FYI, they produce these reports each quarter - worth calendaring to pick up. I was stunned at the 14TB Toshiba reliability... interestingly, 2 weeks ago that top line read 0 failures... today it says 1 - v.strange Kindly, ROY ADAMS* | *P 07 3040 5010 | Web: http://www.racs.com.au/ | Wiki: https://ex.racs.com.au:444/ | eMail: mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> Please never upgrade to the latest Windows 10 - You don’t need the hassle, and I don’t need the work. More seriously, the 6 month older Windows 10 releases are typically FAR MORE stable - a simple RACS script can fix this - just ask :) If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur - Red Adair. Life is a journey through a series of adventures.. Live them, love them, hate them, but never give up on your dreams, desires, and goals. Have you been good today? .ಠ_ಠ On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 11:22, Paul Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Roy, > Those are the most comprehensive disk stats I've ever seen. > > So out of curiosity, I emailed Backblaze to ask if they'd noticed any > latitudinal effect on disk wear. Not realistically expecting a response, > but if they did notice a correlation, it may perhaps emerge by osmosis. > > Karl, I have to think turning a 15K RPM on it's head over a, admittedly > long period, has to have an effect. Cumulatively you're going to get uneven > wear on the bearings. Also the wear is going to be strongly non linear. > Even if it's not a factor today due to current production tolerances and > HVAC, it must become a factor eventually, though maybe not necessarily in > our lifetime. > > Kind regards > > Paul Wilkins > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 19:59, Peter Betyounan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Easy solution , move to all flash, predicable failures and wear. >> >> Tue, 20 Aug at 4:07 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Has anyone ever noticed a pattern of disks in equatorial latitudes >> lasting significantly longer than say Sydney or Melbourne? I notice the >> Foucault Period for Brisbane is 52hrs vs Melbourne's 39hrs and can't but >> wonder if this doesn't mean Brisbane based DCs will have their disks last >> 30% longer, or Darwin x3. >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> Paul Wilkins >> >> _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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